Philadelphia singer-songwriter Greg Mendez has announced a new album, Beauty Land, which is set for release on May 29 via Dead Oceans. It’s led by the new single ‘I Wanna Feel Pretty’, a lilting tune with a very pretty melody indeed. Check out its Rhys Scarabosio-directed video below, and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.
“I spent most of my childhood in the suburbs, surrounded by the American Dream,” Mendez said of the song’s accompanying visual. “Grand and lonely, strip malls and housing developments. Cathedrals of consumerism and reconstituted culture. The stores weren’t built for the towns, the towns were built for the stores. No one really belongs. The dream is close enough to smell but as soon as you reach out, your hand passes right through – a hologram of a promise. I hoped this video would feel like that.”
Beauty Land follows Greg Mendez’s 2023 self-titled album as well as his First Time / Alone EP. Most of it was recorded directly to tape in his makeshift home studio, a small room with no natural light. In support of it, Mendez will head out on a North American tour, with Artist Spotlight alumni Scarlet Rae and Maria BC opening.
Beauty Land Cover Artwork:
Beauty Land Tracklist:
1. I Wanna Feel Pretty
2. Looking Out Your Window
3. Mary / Dreaming
4. Everybody Wants To Be Your Friend (Except Me)
5. Gentle Love
6. Frog
7. It Breaks My Heart
8. Sunsick
9. No Evil
10. Geranium
11. Interlude in D Minor
12. Serving Drinks
13. So Mean
14. Concussion
